Help to Buy

Virgin unveils new intermediary range

Virgin Money has launched a new mortgage range that is available through all intermediaries...

New BTL and HTB deals from Aldermore

Aldermore has added new buy-to-let and owner occupied mortgages to its product range. New products include: Buy-to-let: Two-year fixed...

Fastest monthly increase in house purchase lending in six years

There were 65,778 house purchase approvals in January, chartered surveyor e.surv has reported. This...

MortgageSource adopted by HomeLoan Partnership

MortgageSource, Twenty7Tec's cloud based mortgage sourcing system, has been selected by national mortgage network...

Highest number of FTBs for eight years

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.5...

Santander cuts fixed and Help to Buy rates

Santander has unveiled its lowest ever two-year fixed rate, available to remortgagers. The lender is...

MortgageSource partners with 360 Lifecycle CRM

Online sourcing system provider Twenty7Tec Group and CRM solutions firm 360 Lifecycle have agreed...

The Leeds backs Scottish HTB scheme

The Leeds Building Society has signalled its support for the Scottish Government’s new HTB...

Barclays unveils new FTB and HTB rates

Barclays has made a number of mortgage rate cuts for first time buyers and...

IMLA calls for a coherent housing strategy

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has called for a root and branch review...

The Source unveils new build household offering

Source Insurance has launched a new product targeted at new build properties. The new...

50% rise in first-time buyers in the past two years

The number of first-time buyers rose by 22% in 2014, according to the annual...

Aldermore celebrates Help to Buy anniversary

Aldermore has issued some revealing statistics about its Help to Buy customers, as it...

Remortgaging defying the rest of the market

There was a resurgence in remortgaging activity last month, despite the fact that the rest...

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What is the Protection Claims Charter – and how does it work?

The moment of truth for any insurance product is at point of claim. Insurers have been publishing claims statistics for almost two decades now, highlighting...

Affordability reforms, housing ambition and the uncomfortable PRS truth

Let’s be clear: the FCA’s recent Discussion Paper (DP25/2) isn’t necessarily about buy-to-let lending. At least, not directly. It’s framed as a review of how...

Broker proactivity can ease path back to prime

One of the lessons we’ve taken from the ever rising levels of interest in our near prime range recently is that brokers are seeing...

Self-employment: A career not a complication

There’s a persistent myth in the market that self-employed borrowers are a high-risk, hard-to-place category. But some lenders see things differently. Whether it’s a dentist...

We need to look again at two-year swaps…

Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen three notable things happen in the swaps market and interest rates in general. Firstly and obviously, rates have...

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Catalyst Property Finance acquired by Foundation’s sister company

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been acquired by The FHL Group, the sister...

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

Clydesdale Bank eases criteria for self-employed mortgage applicants

Clydesdale Bank is set to introduce a series of changes to its mortgage criteria...

Newcastle trims large loan mortgage rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 0.30% across its large...